Sun Powers Traffic Reader

The sun has been the chosen power source of this new traffic reader gadget. These readers are actually wireless and very much portable and they can be used to monitor traffic flow in various areas without having to worry about where to get its power.The solar-powered traffic reader is still under testing and a team of transportation researchers from the Center For Infrastructure and Transportation Studies are those in charge of testing the gadget. They are actually using this one to try to get information on traffic on various areas in New York so as to help out alleviate much traffic jams.

$3.9 million. That is how huge the budget has been for the project and it was the Federal Highway Administration that funded it. The CITS director and professor for decision sciences and engineering systems, William Wallace, says, “We hope to use this technology to enable better management of our traffic system.”

[Via Technology Daily News]
[Image from Wired New York – Forum]